Random stuff from Patrick Crispen

Patrick Crispen's PowerPoint Files: The Complete List

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Accessibility 101: Cutting through the FUD

Topic(s): General Technology, Internet Tools, Multimedia
Last Updated: November 2008
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.58 MB)

The next big thing in educational technology isn’t podcasts, wikis, or e-portfolios. Nope. The next big thing is accessibility--making sure that the content that you and your students create and post to the web can be accessed by people with disabilities. Some states even have policies or laws that mandate accessibility. In this fast-paced, one-hour session, we’ll cut through the FUD [fear, uncertainty, and doubt] and introduce you to the concept of accessibility and universal design, explain what the law does and does not say about the classroom content you post online, and introduce you to a bunch of accessibility resources you and your students can start using today.

Active Learning with Instant Messaging—Threat or Menace?

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.11 MB)

A recent study shows that almost 75% of all online teens use instant messaging. So we should all rush out and find ways to incorporate instant messaging into our classrooms, right? In a word, NO! This workshop introduces you to the world of instant messaging and helps you separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to instant messaging's possible role both in active learning and the classroom.

Back to School: Why Some of What We Learned in Ed School and Practice in our Ed Tech Classrooms May Be Bunk

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2009
Download: PowerPoint presentation (18.9 MB)

True or false: Some children are predominantly left-brain thinkers whereas others are predominately right-brain thinkers. True or false: Identifying the students’ learning styles is an important factor in the improvement of their academic performance. True or false: “Millennials” are a new breed of human being immune to traditional learning strategies. In this lighthearted, one-hour presentation, we’ll take a look at what current ed psych research says about a few of the practices and beliefs we take as given. [Oh, and all three of the true/false statements are false. Yes, even the one about the millennials.]

Behind the Spinning Hourglass: The Deepest, Darkest Secrets of Your PC's Internet Applications

Topic(s): General Technology, Internet Tools
Last Updated: February 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.39 MB)

Everyone has a copy of Internet Explorer, Real Player, Adobe Acrobat, and countless other Internet applications. But do you really know how to tame these beasties and make them do EXACTLY what you want them to do? In this one hour workshop we'll take a peek behind the scenes of your favorite Internet applications and show you some of the best kept tips, tricks, and secrets from bookmarklets to the joy of IE's links bar to stealing text from Acrobat files. We'll even show you how to tweak AOL Instant Messenger so that it no longer scares the living heck out of you when you get a new message.

Blindly Stumbling towards Technology Nirvana

Topic(s): General Technology, Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 20002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.80 MB)

Quick: When it comes to your use of technology—both in the classroom and at home—where have you been and, more importantly, where are you going? What path are you following? Tough questions, aren't they? This one hour presentation will (hopefully) help you lift your technology blinders and point you towards the technology finish line.

Blogging 101: Digital Journaling and Group Projects

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: June 2007
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.83 MB) | Flash presentation (924 KB)

One of the promises of classroom technology was that it would enable students to express themselves online. Neat idea, but not really practical. That's where Blogging 101 comes in. In this presentation you'll learn about online journaling tools called "blogs," tools that are rapidly approaching critical mass in higher education and are already appearing in classrooms across the country. You'll even learn how to make your own blog for free.

Bringing the Online World in: Instructional Design Tips and Tricks for Educational Technology Engagement

Topic(s): General Technology, Pedagogy
Last updated: March 2011
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.7 MB)

In this exciting and humorous one-hour presentation, you'll learn a completely different way to categorize knowledge. You'll also learn some instructional design tips and tricks that will help you effectively incorporate online content into your curriculum and even some ways that you can take your content online either in a blended or fully online environment.

The Cognitive Art of Educational Technology

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2009
Download: PowerPoint presentation (6.6 MB)

Can changing a few things in your PowerPoint presentations, websites, and other technology-based teaching aids really improve your students’ performance and learning? In a word, “yep.” In this fast-paced, one-hour presentation, we’ll discuss, in plain English, how your students process what they see on the screen and what research-based educational technology design and teaching methods either support or inhibit long-term learning.

Coming Soon to a Computer near You: Microsoft Office 2010

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: March 2010
Download: PowerPoint presentation (533 KB)

Remember how you recently installed Microsoft Office 2007 and still haven’t completely figured it out?  Yeah, about that.  Microsoft is releasing an even newer version of Office later this year.  Join Patrick Crispen as he shows you what’s new and what’s different in the upcoming Office 2010.

Creating Podcasts, Vodcasts, and Screencasts (All at the Same Time) with Camtasia Studio

Topic(s): Multimedia
Last Updated: March 2011
Download: see http://netsquirrel.com/conferences

While there are a LOT of different podcast- and screencast-creation programs out there, few are as user-friendly or powerful as Camtasia Studio. This $179 program lets you record, retouch, and release your own podcasts [iPod audio recordings], vodcasts [iPod video recordings], and screencasts [narrated on-screen training movies] with the click of a few simple buttons. In this one-hour presentation you'll learn everything you need to know to get up and running with Camtasia, and you'll even learn how to get a fully functioning, 30-day working trial copy of Camtasia for free.

Computer Care 101: Keeping Your Computer Healthy

Topic(s): General Technology, Security and Privacy
Last updated: November 2002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.20 MB)

Is your computer really as healthy as it could be? Oh, really!? So, you're protected from the over 69+ known security holes in Microsoft Internet Explorer, the 28+ known security holes in Netscape Navigator, and the 9+ known holes in Microsoft Word? I didn't think so. This one hour session shows you the field-tested tips and tricks to batten down your computer's hatches from outside attack, protect your data from virus infestation, keep your computer running in tip-top shape.

Computer Care 102: Top Ten Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks

Topic(s): General Technology, Security and Privacy
Last updated: November 2002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (425 KB)

You've done the weekly fab five—updated your virus definitions, ran windows update or software update, ran scandisk or disk first aid, ran disk defragmenter, and backed up your data (all of which are discussed in Computer Care 101)—and STILL your computer is acting hokey. From traceroutes to msconfig to Internet Explorer's hidden repair tool, this one hour session uses plain English and easy-to-follow explanations to show you how to get your computer running again.

Creating Simple and Secure Group Projects Websites for Free with Google Sites

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: November 2008
Download: Handout (84.7 KB) (requires Adobe Reader)

In this fast-paced, one-hour session, you’ll learn how you can use the free Google Sites tool to gather a variety of your classroom content in one place--videos, calendars, presentations, file attachments, and even text--and easily share that content for viewing or editing with a small group of students or educators, your entire school or district, or even the world. You’ll also learn how to share embedded spreadsheets, use Google Analytics to assess your students’ participation in your online group projects, and even how to use Google Sites on your own school domain using your own URL.

Creating Your Own Video Tutorials and Demonstrations Using Camtasia Studio 3.0 for Windows

Topic(s): Multimedia
Last Updated: March 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.94 MB) | Flash presentation (1.13 MB)

Want to create interactive video tutorials and demonstrations that you can post online or burn to a CD but don't have time to get a PhD in media arts? Camtasia Studio 3 is for you! Even if you have no multimedia experience, in this one-hour presentation you'll learn everything you need to know to create your own instructional videos using the same multimedia software chosen by 98 percent of the Fortune 100. And while Camtasia Studio 32 isn't exactly cheap [the education price is $149], you'll also learn how you can get a fully-functional, 30 day working trial copy of Camtasia for free.

Crispen’s Guide to What’s New and What’s Next

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: PowerPoint presentation (6.81 MB) | Flash presentation (4.52 MB) | Handout (requires Adobe Reader) (140 KB) | Flash handout (81.4 KB)

Face it: It’s hard enough to understand the technology we already have and darned near impossible to know what new technology will be worth our time and (more importantly) our hard-earned money. In this one-hour presentation Patrick Crispen dons his “futurist” hat and helps you cut through the technology fog to get a sneak peek at some new technologies just over the horizon.

Crispen on Security: Home Computer Security Basics

Topic(s): Security and Privacy
Last Updated: November 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.69 MB) | Flash presentation (1.02 MB)

When you connect your home computer to the Internet, the Internet connects to your home computer. And with that comes a whole bunch of nasty stuff like viruses, exploits, and crackers. In this one-hour presentation – which is an abridged version of Patrick Crispen’s eight-hour “Computer Privacy and Security Essential Training” tutorial at Lynda.com – you’ll learn the basics of how to avoid the varied security issues plaguing most internet-connected home computers

Crispen's Technology Primer

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: November 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.23 MB) | Flash presentation (2.41 MB)

The hardware side of technology can be intimidating, even to experts. This presentation helps you demystify some of the more common consumer technology you’ll find in some classrooms and in most big box retail stores. In particular, you’ll learn the difference between USB 1.1, 2.0, and Firewire; what Wi-Fi is and what’s next in the world of wireless Internet; what a megapixel is and how many you really need; why you don’t have a PVR at home but should; and much, much more. If you are overwhelmed by new technology, or if you are simply looking for an presentation that you can steal and present to others, this presentation is for you.

Designing Online Communities... on a Shoestring Budget

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: November 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.10 MB) | Flash presentation (1.00 MB)

Creating an online community of learners is pretty simple. Creating a GOOD online community, however, takes a little work. This presentation introduces you to existing online communities, teaches you how to create communities of your own, and shows you the rules and guidelines that will help you make great online learning communities.

Engaging Your Students with Free, Internet-Enabled Tech

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: Handout (requires Adobe Reader) (105 KB) | Flash handout (92 KB)

With budgets being stretched to the breaking point, and with your precious time being sapped by more and more externalities each day [*cough* NCLB *cough*], how can you engage your students without breaking the bank or requiring you to spend years learning how to be a specific academic topic guru? Well, as silly as this sounds, the Internet may (and I said may) hold the key. In this one-hour presentation, we'll visit over a dozen free Internet sites and resources that you can use immediately to engage your students.

Exciting PC Technology for the Classroom

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: December 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.41 MB)

This quick, one-hour workshop introduces you to some of the most exciting PC-based technology available to educators today (sorry Mac users!). From tools that help you easily create teaching videos to special plug-ins that significantly enhance your PowerPoint presentations, this workshop is for any PC user interested in learning more about some of the new technology that can improve your students' classroom experience and even create positive learning outcomes.

Filters 101—How Internet Filters Work, How They Don't Work, and How Students Bypass Them

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.45 MB) | Flash presentation (3.83 MB) | Additional information/Old PowerPoint presentation (985 KB)

Internet filters—those little programs that keep the students from looking at alt.sex.beastiality.hampsters.duct-tape or www.whitehouse.com—are all the rage. But how do they work, are they as "perfect" as we have been led to believe, and how can your students get around them? This session takes you into the deep underworld of Internet filters.

Fixing Digital Images with the new Adobe Photoshop Elements 3

Topic(s): Multimedia
Last Updated: November 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (160 KB) | Flash presentation (214 KB)

Is your computer or digital camera overflowing with image files so bright they look like they were taken on the surface of the Sun, so dark they look like they were taken inside of a coat closet during a rolling blackout, or so covered with dust they look like deleted scenes from Lawrence of Arabia? This workshop is for you! This one-hour, PC-based workshop introduces you to Adobe Photoshop Elements, an affordable software package that helps you quickly and easily enhance almost any digital image or photograph. With Photoshop Elements you can transform useless images into something you'll be proud to display in your very own PowerPoint presentations, post to your website or Blackboard course, print on a color printer, or email to your friends and colleagues.

Going Mobile in a Stationary Classroom: Incorporating ALL Student-Owned Mobile Devices into your Curriculum

Topics: General Technology, Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last updated: March 2012
Download: PowerPoint presentation (4.5 MB)

n the midst of a sea of iPods, iPads, Droids, and more, it is easy to forget that the 'mobile' in 'mobile learning' refers to the learner, not to the learner's device. In this one hour session we'll look at effective ways that you can stay in your classroom and use mobile device-agnostic tools and techniques for student digital storytelling, citizen journalism, service learning, and more.

Google 101: Stop Searching and Start FINDING

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: December 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.57 MB) | Flash presentation (613 KB)

Sick and tired of looking for information about the Civil War and ending up with 1,247,672,286 hits for stuff like sheet metal fasteners or naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine? This presentation is for you! In this one hour presentation you'll learn the advanced searching tips and techniques that will help you actually FIND what you are looking for on Google.

Google 201: Advanced Googology

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: March 2011
Download: PowerPoint presentation (4.5 MB)

Ready to take your Googling to the next level? Beyond the world of plusses, minuses, and quotes lies a whole universe of secret Google tips, techniques, and tools. This quick, one-hour workshop introduces you to little known Google features like pipes, stop-word workarounds, full-word wildcards, and query modifiers—features that will instantly make you the envy of your friends and the center of attention at cocktail parties.

Google 301: Über Google

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: March 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.85 MB) | Flash presentation (4.58 MB)

Want to know what the evil Google scientists have been working on the past couple of months? In this fast-paced, one-hour workshop you’ll see some of Google’s latest creations—Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Print, Google Scholar, Google Video, and more—and even get a sneak peak at some new Google tools that will soon be released upon an unsuspecting world.

Google 70-20-10: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Everyone's Favorite Search Engine

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: February 2009
Download: PowerPoint presentation (12.3 MB)

Ready to take your Google-ing to a whole other level? In this three-hour, hands-on workshop [which is a combination of Google 201 and Keeping up with the Googlebots] you'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how Google really works, learn little-known Google tools and tricks that will change the way you search, and even see what Google has up its sleeve in the not-too-distant future. You'll even learn Google's 70-20-10 philosophy and see not only how Google Maps, Google News, Google Book Search, Google Scholar, and more work but also how they fit into Google's overall search strategy.

Guidelines for GOOD Web Design

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: December 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.81 MB) | Flash presentation (518 KB)

The good news is that anyone can create a Web page or a Web site. The bad news is that anyone can create a Web page or a Web site. Regardless of whether you use Macromedia Dreamweaver, Microsoft FrontPage, or simply code by hand, there are some guiding principles you need to remember whenever you design anything for the web. This one-hour workshop introduces those principles, showing you how to take your Web pages or Web site to the next level.

Higher Education in the State of Alabama

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (424 KB) | Flash presentation (214 KB)

Combining the latest data with decades of in-depth research, this [satirical] presentation compares and contrasts the University of Alabama and Auburn University.

Home Computer Security and Privacy, Part One: Firewalls and Exploit Management

Topic(s): Security and Privacy
Last Updated: September 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.41 MB) | Flash presentation (466 KB)

When you connect your home computer to the Internet, the Internet connects to your home computer. And with that comes a whole bunch of nasty stuff like viruses, exploits, and crackers. In this first of two presentations, Patrick Crispen introduces you to the concept of home computer security and privacy, teaching you everything you need to know about exploit management and even showing you, in English, why your home computer needs both a hardware and a software firewall.

Home Computer Security and Privacy, Part Two: Verification and Prevention

Topic(s): Security and Privacy
Last Updated: October 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (2.33 MB) | Flash presentation (938 KB)

In this fast-paced presentation, which is a continuation of "Home Computer Security and Privacy, Part One: Firewalls and Exploit Management," Patrick Crispen shows you how to verify if your computer is really safe from attack; how to protect your home computer from viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses; how to erase, and even prevent, spyware and other malware; and how to block pop-up ads.

The Internet TOURBUS Guide to the Most Useful Sites in the World

Topics: Internet Tools
Last Updated: September 2005
Download: Handout (requires Adobe Reader) (188 KB) | Flash handout (71 KB)

This free, Adobe Acrobat-based PDF file introduces you to some of the greatest websites in the world. If you are looking for information you can start using TODAY—and, more importantly, if you are looking for information you can easily steal and share with your friends and colleagues—DON'T MISS THIS!

Introduction to Microsoft Producer 2003 for Windows XP or 2000

Topic(s): Multimedia
Last Updated: December 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.71 MB)

Microsoft Producer 2003 for PowerPoint 2002 (a.k.a. PowerPoint XP) or PowerPoint 2003 is a free PowerPoint add-in that lets you easily capture, synchronize, and publish audio, video, slides, and images, turning your old PowerPoint slide shows into rich-media presentations that you can easily put on the Internet. Microsoft Producer 2003 is the most exciting thing to happen to PowerPoint in years, and it will forever change the way that you look at PowerPoint slide shows. [Microsoft Producer is only available for PowerPoint 2002 or 2003, and Producer will only run on Windows XP or 2000. Sorry Mac users!]

Keeping up with the Googlebots, Spring 2012 edition: What have the evil Google scientists been up to over the last year?

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: March 2012
Download: PowerPoint presentation (7.1 MB)

Completely new for spring 2012, this one-hour presentation introduces you to the latest Google tools and tricks that will make both you and your students more productive, taller, and better looking.  Or not. Seriously, though, in this one-hour presentation we’ll attempt the impossible: We’re going to try to catch up with all of—or at least most of—Google’s latest inventions

Mashups: Creating New Classroom Content Using Freely-Available Digital Media

Topics: General Technology, Internet Tools
Last updated: March 2012
Download: PowerPoint presentation (4.8 MB)

For centuries, educators have strived to teach students how to take existing scholarly materials and reuse those materials -- with proper credit, of course -- to create something new. In this one-hour session you'll learn how you and your students can go beyond the world of text to create new, derivative works from freely-available graphics, audio, video, and animation files.

Nothing But NETS: Transforming Your Students' Learning Environments with Technology

Topics: Pedaogy
Last updated: November 2011
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1 MB)

Quick: What skills do your students *really* need to have in order to compete in an increasingly global and digital world? In this fast-paced, one-hour session, join Patrick Crispen as he shows you how to unpack ISTE's NETS-S standards and also shows you how you can effectively use technology to empower your students to demonstrate creativity and productivity, to communicate and collaborate, and much more.

Now That I Know PowerPoint, How Can I Use It to Teach?

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.43 MB) | Flash presentation (738 KB)

At least thirty million PowerPoint presentations are made each day, and there are over 800 PowerPoint books currently in print. PowerPoint is the defacto standard for on-screen presentations in practically every school and training center in the world. Unfortunately, while millions of educators and trainers know how to use PowerPoint, few know how to use PowerPoint to teach well. This one hour workshop combines current learning theory and research, usability studies, and practical experience to show you how to effectively use PowerPoint to teach in any environment—the K-16 classroom, a corporate training center, a community meeting ... anywhere.

Patrick Crispen’s Complete and Total Waste of Time

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: November 2006
Download: Handout (requires Adobe Reader) (138 KB) | Flash handout (88 KB)

Yeah, yeah. The internet is a great tool for education, radically altering the … blah blah blah. What about the FUN stuff? In this humorous, fast-paced, one-hour presentation you’ll get a first person tour of dozens of web sites and tools that have no redeeming social value whatsoever … other than the fact that they’re just darned fun.

A Random Walk through Cyberspace: Patrick Crispen’s Completely Updated Collection of Truly Useful–and Not So Useful—Websites and Web 2.0 Tools

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: March 2012
Download: Handout (requires Adobe Reader) (94 KB)

One of Patrick Crispen’s most popular presentations is back, completely updated for 2011! Join Patrick as he introduces you to a collection of spectacularly useful and horribly useless web sites and tools.

Screencast Smackdown: Camtasia vs. Captivate

Topic(s): Multimedia
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: PowerPoint presentation (245 KB) | Flash presentation (141 KB)

You've probably heard of screenshots—pictures of a user's computer screen. Well, screencasts are movies of a user's computer screen, providing you and your students a simple way to create compelling training, demonstration, and presentation videos, using nothing more than a classroom PC and a microphone. In this one-hour, no-holds-barred, steel-cage grudge match, we'll fire up the two leading Windows screencast programs, TechSmith's Camtasia and Adobe's Captivate, and show you the ins and outs of both. Two will enter. Only one will emerge victorious.

Social Media 101: Classroom Collaboration after the Bell

Topics: General Technology, Internet Tools
Last updated: March 2012
Download: PowerPoint presentation (5.7 MB)

Confused by all the talk about Twitter, Google+, Yelp, Reddit, and the like? This session is for you! Join Patrick Crispen as he helps demystify the world of social media, tours some of the most popular social media sites and tools, and gives you some field-tested tips and tricks to use web-enabled and mobile technologies to extend your classroom discussions beyond the end of the school day.

The State of the Craft: What’s New—and What’s Next—in Ed Tech, Consumer Electronics, and More

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: March 2010
Download: PowerPoint presentation (4.3 MB)

Join us in this fast-paced, one hour presentation, you’ll take a look at the latest and greatest in ed tech and consumer electronics—including SMS and web-based classroom polling, solid state drives, and gesture-based computer interfaces—and you’ll even get a sneak peek at some new innovations just around the corner.  You’ll also learn why learning management systems like Blackboard and Moodle may soon have unexpected competition.

Students as Teachers of Technology

Topic(s): General Technology, Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.55 MB)

Until quite recently, most Fortune 500 companies had on payroll at least one technology support person for every 30 technology users. Would that it were so for schools. Instead, many schools are turning to a unique resource for their technology training and support needs: students. In this one-hour workshop we'll look at how, despite declining budgets, your STUDENTS can help you take your school's technology integration to the next level.

Understanding "Cloud Computing": Is It Really a Vast Silver Lining or Just a Bunch of Water Vapor?

Topic(s): General Technology, Internet Tools
Last Updated: March 2011
Download: PowerPoint presentation (3.0 MB)

"Cloud Computing" has been touted as a potential savior for budget-challenged technology educators and school districts. But what, exactly, is it, how is it different from "Web 2.0," and is it really worth your time and attention? Join the presenter as he explains cloud computing in plain English, introduces you to new cloud tools and applications, and discusses cloud computing's promise and inherent weaknesses.

Using Free Online Tools from Adobe to Encourage Student Content Creation and Collaboration

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2008
Download: Handout (116 KB) (requires Adobe Reader)

In this fast-paced, one-hour session you’ll learn how to use Adobe’s free Buzzword and Photoshop Express in your classroom. Particular attention will be paid to showing you how to incorporate these tools into your lesson plans and how to encourage your students to use these free online tools to create new content and collaborate more effectively.

Viruses, Cookies, and Spam ... Oh, My! How to Protect Your Computer from the Internet Nasties and How to Fix What's Bugging You on Your PC or Mac

Topic(s): General Technology, Security and Privacy
Last Updated: December 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.66 MB)

In this fun-filled, one-hour presentation you'll learn the field-tested tricks to batten down your home computer's hatches from outside attack, protect your data from virus infestation, and keep your computer running in tip-top shape. You'll also learn how to use tools like MSCONFIG, Apple Software Update, and Internet Explorer's hidden repair tool to fix some common computer problems—including how to stop those annoying pop-up ads once and for all!

Web Page Design, Part One: People Actually Get PAID To Do This?

Topic(s): Internet Tools
Last Updated: November 2002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (607 KB)

The biggest secret about Web pages is that they are EASY to create. After all, if this was hard, do you think there would be 2 BILLION Web pages out there? This one hour presentation introduces you to some of the fundamentals of Web page design, shows you how Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) actually works, and even introduces you to the most popular Web editor used by professionals (and it ISN'T Frontpage!)

Web Page Design, Part Two: Internet Graphics for the Artistically Challenged

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Multimedia
Last Updated: November 2002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (2.59 MB)

Can't draw a straight line to save your life? Don't worry! This one hour program introduces you to the world of GIFs and JPEGs—you'll even learn the correct way to pronounce "GIF"—and shows you how you can create professional-looking Web page graphics in no time at all. If you are looking for a way to spice up your Web pages, don't miss this!

What’s New and What’s Different in Microsoft Office 2007

Topic(s): General Technology
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.33 MB) | Flash presentation (373 KB)

Microsoft recently released a brand new version of Microsoft Office that is arguably the most significant update in Office’s history. Join Patrick Crispen as he introduces you to the new Microsoft Office user interface and shows you what's new and what's different in Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007, and much, much more.

What's Past is Prologue

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: June 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.55 MB) | Flash Presentation (1.13 MB)

This one hour presentation explores how current, 21st century classrooms are guided by a "perfect storm" of PC evolution, education evolution, and user evolution.

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